John Derek Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
-
IM is interesting because you look at your buddy list and, at a glance, see what your friends are listening to, what they're working on, what they're doing. The problem was that you were bound to the computer keyboard.
-
I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
-
Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
-
Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
-
I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
-
Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
-
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.
-
In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
-
I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
-
My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
-
I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got the greenlight. And when it finally got the greenlight, I was very happy to be a part of it.
-
Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
-
If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
-
You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
-
When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy.
-
It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
-
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
-
Michael Jackson was the biggest star the world has ever seen - he put so much into everything; a lot of attention to detail. I want to do that. I want to pay that kind of attention to detail in everything - in music, visually - all of that.
-
When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to have a different point of view.
-
I'm aware families sit around the telly to watch 'Vera', which is making entertainment out of murder. But I don't enjoy reading about people's pain. I tend to put myself in that position, and it's not somewhere I want to be.
-
In my industry, a shirt and a shoe are still made the exact same way they were 80 years ago.
-
Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.
-
Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.
